Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-02-18

A sindy Of The EaEopsan sitaaaion,
however szperassal, b Sufficient 70 eou-
vines any thoaehffui person that she
prsssnt situation eannot iast 8 eFest
while longer. The sxpeoasd var Hnay
not GENE this year, bsi u Il does BOT. u
viii sone in the neaE fntuss o. NOS -
all There must be . change. II may
come in ne eonyuIsion q mighty var
or Il may coras By 3 mutual disaFma-
nent Of the great powers bat come u
must.
There are no lsas than I've million
men under arms IN EaEops today,
thouah Rease EsiQns suprsms through
cut the eontinsnf. These I've million
men are presumably chosen from AMONG
shoss uho ere physically the strongest,
most asiivs and bssi developed. Thsy
are also. fer the mos8 part drawn from
ths prod1einz glasses. They are men
Who, we're they not soldisFs. would Be 81
work In field and IN fsetoEy. These
I've million men aFe transferred from
the produesfa, whore they naturally b.
Iona. 70 the eonsumeFs. Iasteaa Of
adaing By the labor Of their hands %
ths wealth Of their respective countries,
they ere tax upon those Who labor
Instsad Of helping 10 bear he common
harden, they ere themselves . part Of
that burden. AZ senator EvaEts one.
stated u. svsFy EaFopsan farmer 10 com
PEELED 10 work With . soldier upon hi
bask. And the tendency Il. not to Dc
crease thsse enormous armies, bat h
ineFsass them. Indeed the reserves
Who have reeentIy besa called int.
active service By the several govern
meats would considerably increase thl
total eivsn above.
The annual cost Of The French arm,
is ei2l. 0sl 900; that Of the Rassian
ei2b.bos. l7l; that Of the British. so,
Sol $50; that Of the German. 90. 96s.
40; that Of the Austrian, 81. ll6.2ls
and thai Of the Italian. cal .eeS. 6ll
France. with Q population Of lees thar
ferry millions, carries the enormoul
debt Of e5,950.OO0.0OO, more BY Hv,
hundrsd million dollars than thse'
times the dshs Of she United States
This debt, great AZ u is, ID constantly
increasing, the expenditures Of III
government invariably exceeding CHI
reyeaas. The debt Of Great Britain
which is nov placed 81 q. TOl, SIS. 27o, 4
also constantly increasing. The SAM
Is true Of the debts Of Italy. Austria
Hungary and Russia, the expenditure
Of saoh Of those governments Away
exceeding the revenues. Indeed. thi
lsst-namsd country IL buFdened with
debt which IL IL scarcely able TO carry
Aud which there Ia no possibility Of II
ever reducing.
How long. one may ask. can this stat
Of things eontinuef Every one Of ID
great pswers. except the German EN-
pire, h burdened with an enormou
debt, and those debts. vast IS they ere
are constantly increasing. There mus
ssms . time when they can increase u
further. All the powers have lon
since given mp the idea Of paying ID
principal OF their debts. and, Of Oh
present rate, several Of them will soon b
unable 70 pay the interest. Il Is plAil
that things cannot continue thus. Th
strength Of the armies will soon have I
be diminished, the vast sums devoted I
their support mast be applied to ID
payment Of interest, and the million
Who ara nov CONSUMERS must once MOI
become producers. Disarmament, PAL
tial OF somplets, must take place befoI
many years have passed. whether
comes after . great war or without u.
must oome.